Question 18147 — places of deprivation of liberty

Summary

Mr. Dominique Potier draws the attention of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, to the working conditions of prison staff in terms of security. The serious attack on two guards at the Condé-sur-Sarthe prison on March 5, 2019 once again shows their very great vulnerability, particularly in the event of prepared and determined actions in a context of radicalization. In addition to strengthening the systems compensation and the acceleration of recruitment measures, the measures announced in January 2018 should result in a significant improvement in security conditions with: increasing the capacity to deal with so-called dangerous or proselytizing profiles to the tune of 1,500 places, including 450 at the end of 2018; the establishment of a specific assessment unit for radicalized common law prisoners as well as the doubling of the capacity to assess Islamist and radicalized terrorist detainees (thus increasing to 250 detainees per year); the renewal, part of which before summer 2018, of the provision of individual equipment and technical means of communication and alarm; improving cell security devices (handcuffs, door stops); the reassessment of the search system in penitentiary establishments. At this last subject, the report of the parliamentary mission entrusted to MM. Xavier Breton and Dimitri Houbron produced, among others, three specific proposals on searches, including that of enshrining in law the jurisprudence of the Council of State allowing the establishment of a regime of systematic searches for certain particularly dangerous prisoners over a limited period. Supplemented by the development of cyno-technical teams and millimeter wave gantries, this provision is likely, in compliance with European prison rules, to significantly improve the security conditions of prison staff. He wishes to know the degree of deployment of the security measures announced in January 2018 as well as the prospects for implementation within the framework of the prison plan of the proposals of the parliamentary information mission relating to to the regime of searches in detention.

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